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Grounds a 3rd of its pilots for fake or dubious qualifications. And Liverpool Fans celebrate the clubs 1st English League title win in 30 years. The World Health Organization says europe is facing an upsurge in coronavirus cases as the disease continues to ravage the americas the w. H. O. Warned some European Health systems risk being overwhelmed yet governments continue to lift restrictions in britain thousands of people took the relaxed a little too far cramming a south coast beach on the hottest day of the year the w h os europe chief says the virus is not done with the continent yes. To make the news to accelerate with a Record Number of the new group of those cases reported on sunday with 183000 confirmed in 24 hours last week saw an increase in weekly cases for the 1st time in months still here is caseload compares favorably with that of the u. S. And latin America Brazil has Just Announced almost another 40000 cases and more than a 1000 deaths of just the past 24 hours some u. S. States including texas have halted if its to reopen the global infection tally is now heading toward 10000000. 00 lets begin with latin america man europe hello is live for us in mexico city manual lets talk brazil 1st the numbers continue to rise the president also not who has downplayed the virus but now says he may have actually had the virus. If brazilians could have imagined a worse Case Scenario thats what the country is living in right now according to the latest statistics kim just to reiterate 39483. 00 new cases were confirmed thats just in the last 24 hours along with 1141 deaths a new grim milestone for brazil the place of the country ahead of just ahead of any other country in latin america in terms of confirmed cases in terms of deaths is 2nd only to the United States now were hearing from president joe you both so now who was quoted earlier today as saying that he thinks that he might have had a coronavirus and that he might get tested again so a bit of a nonstatement a bug he has been seen throughout the course of the pandemic greeting supporters attending rallies being reluctant to wear a mask so im sure that many people would be keen to know whether or not he did at some point test positive for the virus even though that he said that he didnt people would like to know i think if hes going to do that again right now as brazil continues to reach these grim milestones reentering that that number 8 that number again just shy of 55000 deaths nationwide since the start of the pen demick brazil continues to see an upsurge in contagion and what were hearing from Health Experts is that one of the biggest concerns is that now that the virus is leaving the limits of brazils major cities its now entering into more rural areas more remote areas where its becoming quite a bit of a logistical nightmare for Health Care Professionals to reach people ok im out also that is the situation in brazil what is the situation across other parts of the region what are some of the other hotspots. Brazil is certainly the worst hit country in the americas but its not the only one apart from the United States theres other hotspots i believe mexico is now in 3rd place countries like chile and peru are also why italy have been hit pretty bad by the disease mexico just recently this week announced that it had reached 24000 deaths again a new grim milestone for the country as the country continues to reopen were now in the 3rd week of this new quote unquote new normal that the Mexican Government announced saying that the height of the pandemic would be reached at some point at the end of june the beginning of july much of the country is seeing that gradual reopening that many people are saying that theyre worried that the economy is opening up too soon in terms of tourism many of the big Tourist Spots of the country have yet to open up but we are seeing a gradual reopening in the yucatan peninsula thats the the crown jewel of mexican tourism but the big concern right now is whether or not the region which was the last to be hit by coronavirus is ready to reopen their economies and the biggest concerns right now of course are brazil and mexico. Think that out of palo their cost of elements and that america from mexico city. Iraqi Security Forces have reportedly raided a headquarters belonging to an iran backed Militia Group the raid is said to have happened south of baghdad in just the past few hours rockets have reportedly been seized and up to 20 members of the tab has been detained including command as the u. S. Is accused that group of firing rockets at base is hosting its troops in iraq and residents have reported an explosion on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter show a bright red light flare on the horizon northeast of the capital residents also reported hearing a loud explosion Iranian State media says authorities are investigating the incident. France germany and italy have issued a joint statement on the libyan conflict saying in light of the grown risks of a deterioration of the situation in libya and regional escalation they called on all libyan parties to immediately cease Fire Fighting and to suspend the ongoing military buildup throughout the country they also foreign act is to end all and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the United Nations security council. Earlier turkey said any ceasefire would depend on warlord highly for half the us forces withdrawing from 2 key regions search and 2 for turkey supports the un backed government of National Court it also condemned russia for fueling instability by supporting her star g n a recently pushed back after forces from tripoli on wednesday arab leaders called for a truce and for peace talks. Pakistans National Carrier has grounded a 3rd of its pilots after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses for it came to light during an investigation into a plane crash that killed 97 people in may a summer binge of aid has more. Are different his brother was among the victims in last months plane crash in pakistan 98 people were killed when a Pakistan International Airlines Flight went down in the Southern City of karachi either holds the airline responsible. For them to get on then get within days of us if theyre my father also died of the shock and grief pakistan in the Civil Aviation caused this tragedy which was avoidable have the government taken action after all the previous crashes. There have been at least 10 plane crashes in pakistan in the past 17 years preliminary investigations suggest the crash in may was caused by human error investigators found the pilots were discussing the coronavirus pandemic minutes before attempting to learn and reportedly ignored instructions by the air traffic controller. The investigation also cast doubts over a Pilot Training i seem to do has come under the spotlight after the aviation minister revealed the one in 3 of pakistans pilots have acquired licenses through fraud are far. Faster out of 860. 00 pilots there are 262. 00 i senses in the exams are dubious it includes p. R. And other private airlines some are also employed by International Airlines through their job of that over 150 pilots have been grounded immediately and inquiries initiated against the rest. The Supreme Court has asked the Civil Aviation authority to clarify the situation within 2 weeks of the pilot said they are shocked and are calling for a thorough investigation and why were they renewed every year why would they even issue this is a big question on behalf of Pakistan Airline Pilots Association we are not in the works we do not accept any dubious method in obtaining this license so we definitely them learned. A transparent inquiry into this and we should we should be informed who these people are and all the people involved whether theyre in the Civil Aviation authority or the individuals involved experts believe corruption within pakistan deviation industry runs much deeper in many cases a corrupt pilots license is that ive seen. As being Institutional Corruption theres just circle disconnections within the system usually. Go through everything with a fine tooth comb later on find out that during his Election Campaign Prime Minister in noncon had promised wide ranging reforms and transparency in the running of the National Carrier but 2 years on it has been no major changes to combat and demick corruption its not just the pilot claiming false economic credentials is a much wider issue in pakistan even the minister who revealed the dubious license holders was himself suspended previously for holding a fake diploma the crash investigation has recommended scrutiny and now this is of a coup records related to fitness licensing Training Records and information about crucial jelling and rest periods during the previous month but the families of the victims say they are no closer to justice they are demanding that those responsible for ignoring passenger safety be held accountable for some of the job it does their. Col baby is a former federal Aviation Administration Safety Team Representative and aviation analyst he joins us now live from but let me thank you a time these statistics that more than 30 percent of commercial pilots and have fake licenses that was shocking to me was it shocking to you i mean i thought i approach it all until i heard this story i mean it is mind boggling that this could possibly happen to america like this to the states airline out its mind boggling quite frankly. How could a pilot who has obtained a fake license possibly get away with flying planes you know of pakistan its not a well developed country like say the u. K. Or the United States if that was here in the u. S. And that was lets just say if it was with United Airlines that pilot would not even get through the interview let alone the 1st day of hire big be poor through the log book so you scrutinize your log books. Computer systems talk to the f. A. A. To verify not just a certificate but want to be on that certificate your flight hours and if youre in the actual database but was seems to be here is that there is corruption in the. Pakistan Civil Aviation authority so the question i would like to know we were the certificates issued. Fraudulently was there corruption involved or someone perhaps in the government might have been paid off to issue a legitimate certificate as opposed to Somebody Just forging a certificate or are duplicating and thats a question that you know that need to be answered there needs to be more transparency here are there other countries where the same could be happening. No i mean anything is possible but this is really shocking and especially since the earth the airline itself only has 434 pilots as compared to airlines here in the u. S. Which have tens of thousands of pilots. Like i said earlier the of you know this should have been a bear or 5 and many times prior to the pilot even being hired with the airline here in the u. S. This would actually happen probably at the interview process you would look at the pilots log books you would try to find things that arent right where may be you know not perfect and then question them but it goes well beyond that i mean theres i could log on right now as to destroy regular citizen and look up somebodys credential is in the federal Aviation Administration and i dont even need a government id to do that anybody could do it. Investigators in pakistan is saying that crashed your mina back in may was caused or likely caused by human error is that likely to be the end of it or are they all those who might be held to account i mean i think you know if you like of this fraudulent activity that has happened i think it could be you are going to read i would assume they would read examine the pilot credentials of that airplane but right now what it appears that that the fraudulent activity did not have anything to do with up to a crash that they werent following proper protocol and they were discussing and there were concerns about the coronavirus in discussions in the cockpit so at this point it looks like that this does not have anything to do with that but you know i would think that it will be further scrutinized with the training history of those pilots perhaps looking back in their log books or Flight Training to make sure everything you know is up to par and and that there was nothing fraudulent thanks for your time kyle baby there and aviation analyst. Thank you. Coming up after the way that. They were passed the legislation that will reimagine policing for the 21st century. The us Congress Debates a bill designed to reform Law Enforcement after weeks of protests against the spring tennessee. Weve got some lively storms in the forecast across north america or over the next couple of days lots of cloud showing up on the satellite picture alling off the mountain states for the Northern Plains central parts of canada to seeing some very disturbed weather spilling out of manitoba easing over towards the sketch one as we go on through the next couple days and eventually well see that wet weather pushing across a good part of ontario so the midwest seeing some lively shouts possibility of some thunder reactivity maybe the odd tornado as well but showers lifea storms here down towards the south as well just around texas and arkansas for a time the west the weather will be up towards a northeastern corner pushing over towards new york state and 2 were new england live the showers possibly system localized flooding coming in behind across the upper midwest some showers too just around that western side of canada when a step towards the south and drifting in from the gulf of mexico a southerly wind that will polish the harbor dust that weve been speaking about for the past few days out of the caribbean im pleased to say this is the same in havana in cuba and in date in the tree that weve had some very gray skies this is dust this isnt right and we have got showers in the forecast over the next couple of days that will clear the air. 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Residents have reported an explosion on the outskirts of terrell up videos on twitter show a bright red light flare on the rise in the east of the capital residents also reported hearing a loud explosion rainy and state media says authorities are investigating the incident. Iraqi Security Forces have reportedly raided a headquarters belonging to an iran backed Militia Group south of baghdad rockets have reportedly been seized and up to 20 members of the tab hezbollah detained and turning to bandits the u. S. Is accuse that group of firing rockets and bases hosting its troops in iraq. More now on our top story rising crowed of virus cases in the u. S. Gabriel and its owner joins us now live from new york gabe the centers for Disease Control is now saying that the number of people whove had corona virus in the u. S. May actually be 10 times higher than the official number yeah thats right the head of the c. D. C. Robert red field came out with this on thursday this really shocking statistic that after they started crunching the numbers and looking where everything was that estimating that of the about 1500000 americans are currently have coronavirus or been diagnosed with it it could be for every one that has it 10 that also have it that havent been diagnosed with a yet which would be more than 20000000 potential americans that have it this is very critical because that could mean all of these people then of course giving it to others as well he also said that based on what the c. D. C. Analysis is they say that they estimate between 92 and 95 percent of the people people within the u. S. Right now are still susceptible to catching coronavirus out of the surge thats happening in the u. S. Right now of cases the huge spike he said primarily a lot of its coming from younger people 40 years and younger so clearly a lot of troubling information coming out from the c. D. C. Young thursday and gave meanwhile there have been plans for some states to reopen and now texas is postponing those reopening plans are the states likely to follow suit. Boy there sure are a lot of talk about that because these numbers are really spiking in many critical states throughout the United States right now lets go to texas 1st the new numbers on thursday were 5996 new cases in just the past 24 hours in texas thats a single day record for the amount of new cases in the state of texas the governor there as you mentioning basically saying hes holding any continued reopening plans of that state florida its the same thing more than 5000 new confirmed cases in the last 2 days thats a record as well florida also saying that they might be starting to pull back on any sort of reopening of the economy and arizona has been hit very very hard as well the governor was just giving a press conference a few minutes ago that i was listening to listen to this he says that that corona virus is spreading rapidly in all corners of the state and he said the cases have been increasing by about 177 percent in the last 3 weeks but testing has only gone up by about 86 percent so clearly the number of positives is far outpacing the new testing that is going on that is happening in several states the bottom line to all of this right now there are more than 30 states in the u. S. That are seeing increases in the number of coronavirus cases and basically its putting an end a huge strain on the entire country trying to deal with this right now but certainly some of the biggest states in the u. S. Florida texas as we just mentioned all basically re closing or pausing any sort of reopening of the economies there thank you for that Gabriel Elizondo live from new york. The fight against proto virus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the 2 will Work Together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u. A. E. Doesnt have formal diplomatic relations with israel israels announcement comes just days before netanyahu has plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank though that. This cooperation will be in research and Technology Development 2 areas that will improve the Health Security of the entire region these are the result of continuous and intensive communications that took place over the past months this will bring a blessing to many in our region but the higher our strength and strength the more it will be able to deter our enemies and bring our friends closer to us. The u. S. House of representatives is debating a Sweeping Police Reform bill brought by the democrats the legislation would reduce Legal Protections for offices and make it easier to prosecute police it will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force it follows nationwide protests calling for change after the death of george floyd last month. Exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i cant prove and change the course of history since that or if it day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marching protesting and demanding that this moment of national become one of National Action today with the georgia boy just just in policing at the houses honoring his life and the lives of all killed by Police Brutality and pledging never again. The palestinian faction hamas has called israels plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank a declaration of war there were protests in gaza for a 2nd day israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said july 1st is the date cabinet discussions will begin on annexation. Decided to give a shout be yet he said its sad that we called for a general into fatah against the occupation and against its colonial project we urge the palestinians to achieve National Unity with the Palestinian Liberation Organization most convened to reach a Strategic National plan to confront the crimes that aim to undermine the palestinian of course. Amnesty international has called on travel website trip advisor to stop promoting attractions located in the eagle israeli settlements the Rights Group Says advertising activities on occupied land is the same as profiting from war crimes. At least 83 people have been killed by lightning as heavy monsoon storms swept indias northern states most victims are believed to be farm workers in bihar state all those were injured a strong winds and rains felled trees and electricity poles officials warn the death toll is likely to increase. After weeks at sea least 90 Rohingya Refugees have been rescued off the coast of indonesia about 30 children are among the passengers many appeared to be alone the boat was towed to shore by locals of the authorities refused to let them reach land because of coronavirus fear is that since been put up in private housing and given medical checks. The plight of the remainder is expected to be included on the agenda of the association of Southeast Asian nations meeting on friday are the topics likely to dominate the discussions include the reopening of borders and territorial disputes in the South China Sea plant story reports from kuala lumpur. Leaders from the 10 member countries of the association of Southeast Asian nations were supposed to have met in vietnam in april for the r. T. In something instead theyll be dialing in through Video Conference on friday much like the rest of the world countries are reopening their economies vietnam is ahead of the curve having ended its nationwide physical distance in campaign in the 3rd week of april indonesia with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the region is gradually reopening its economy this month. Is. That. Im. Sure you say that you know. The impact of the pen demick extends to geopolitics talks between ozzie and chinese officials to finalize a code of conduct in disputed parts of the South China Sea have been pushed back in recent years china has been increasingly aggressive in staking its claims harassing fishing boats and Building Military installations on contested islands and nothing more urgent issue facing the region is the rink a crisis hundreds of rango refugees and mainly Muslim Minority in manama have taken dangerous boat journeys this year to escape poverty in refugee camps in bangladesh or persecution in myanmar dozens have died Southeast Asian countries arent particularly welcoming to were refugees earlier this month the Malaysian Marine Police had intended to push a boat carrying nearly 270 of them back out to International Waters but were unable to do so because the engine was damaged the refugees have been detained at a Government Center malaysian authority. Say theres another vessel carrying around 500. 00 gringo adrift at sea. On wednesday nearly 100 refugees were rescued by fisherman off the coast of indonesias province ozzie and parliamentarians for human rights a collective of m. P. s from the region has called on r. T. And to pressure myanmar to end its persecution off the remainder. Has traditionally adopted a policy of non interference in what it deems a member state internal affairs. Or some. Resources. But with the ruling a crisis a regional issue may find that its time to take a stronger stand florence to the kuala lumpur. Liverpool have won the English League title for the 1st time in 30 years that happened in somewhat anticlimactic fashion 2nd placed Manchester City had to beat chelsea to keep the title race alive a 21 win for chelsea made liverpool the reigning english european and world champions. Despite restrictions on social gatherings to the crowd of virus some fans have gathered outside their poles and field stadium to celebrate among the club class experience back in 1990. When liverpool won the European Champions League last season hundreds of thousands of fans joined the players in a victory parade thats unlikely to happen this year but broadcaster and Liverpool Fan neil ekins and says well supporters wont be too upset. I had a fantastic night from a 26 december when they went to leicester and beat them on the no one else afterwards and i had a great night because i felt i could watch the League Champions i went to walsh on the 23rd of january it was phenomenal in the grounds i mean it was brilliant going home afterwards thursday right back into the pool. And it was it was tremendous you know went home by 34 am you know its going to work the next day and really its because of whats the champions so in the same way that you know weve celebrated this most obvious course to make it you know against Manchester United so one feels and everyone goes on forever its the celebration of its happens in one sense but also you celebrate it more than once anyway you celebrate it right the way through you celebrate it when its one when its lifted them and you celebrate it again in the summer when you reconvene and we just postpone and. This is all just there and these are the top stories the World Health Organization says europe is facing an upsurge in coronavirus cases and yet governments continue to lift restrictions and then America Brazil has Just Announced another almost 40000 cases more than 1000 deaths just of the past 24 hours residents have reported an explosion on the outskirts of tiran videos on twitter show a bright red lights flare on the horizon northeast of the capital residents also reported hearing a loud explosion Iranian State media says authorities are investigating the incident. Iraqi Security Forces have reportedly raided the headquarters belonging to an iranian backed Militia Group south of baghdad rockets have reportedly been seized in up to 20 members of qatar of hezbollah and detained in command its the u. S. Has accused that group of firing rockets at bases hosting its troops in iraq Pakistan International airlines has grounded more than a 3rd of its pilots 150. 00 people because they cheated to get their licenses it was discovered during an investigation into a crash in may which killed 97 people. The fight against coronaviruses led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the 2 will Work Together and research and Technology Says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u. A. E. Doesnt have formal diplomatic relations with israel israels announcement comes just days before netanyahu plans an expanse of the occupied west bank though the. This cooperation will be in research and Technology Development 2 areas that will improve the Health Security of the entire region these are the result of continuous and intensive communications that took place over the past months this will bring a blessing to many in our region but the higher our strength and strength the more it will be able to deter our enemies and bring our friends closer to us so the u. S. House of representatives is debating a Sweeping Police Reform bill brought by the democrats the legislation would reduce Legal Protections for offices and make it easier to prosecute police it will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force that follows nationwide protests the news continues here on aljazeera after we want ill be back at the top of the hour. On july 1st russians head to the polls to vote on constitutional reforms including changes that could enable putin to remain in office to 2036 but with a drop in Approval Ratings for his handling of the pandemic are they willing to pave the way for an even longer presidency follow developments on a jazzier. Hello and welcome again to rewind im melissa purana since we launched aljazeera english more than a decade ago we have tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the fault line series traveled to ferguson missouri and the midst of street on rest following the Police Shooting of a young africanamerican